Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-06-26
FARM AND HOME.


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81 E. MEEKEs.
- ros TEz Posr-FETz1xtonsCER-l
r,m y.eseni appearaneesit looks as
.,svh We sill get ton Of hops 10 the
=, gpon 81 Of my plses. In 1884 ]
80 sons On lTgseres, four acres q
- kss been planted IN the spring
- airty scres yielding the seven
- erog. This gave Wasklnztcn
~-rsory The banHsr crop FOR the
-.sa % fag a. | have been able 10
- This year we confidently ex-
- 10 harvest 10 tons on 10 acres.
Using the old yard, now giving the
nsaasih crop.
rAese enormous Yields, together with
"a v.iees, are sure to attract stten-
- and result In further extension Of
s. boo yards Of Washington. Its
-nuse to mention that hops huctuate:
- they have sometimes gone 50 low
80 lnfict heavy Losses; that the tiay
keer.sig 70 come when they will again
siow, and probably below the Cost II
s-sdue.ion. The public VITA think only
tbs gains and forget The losses. A.
smsstsf Of fact, the business for a Sc
- o. years. wheFx judiciously man.
ssed. has pai1 snd probably will co.,
rsue 20 pay, though il can be plainly
sssn that - some there are losses ahead
ttat vi not be recovered.
ay London letter, received today.
seses the fact that last wears EuRiish
ROO xas the largest ever grown on the
aland-oyer $50, 900 bales sfF Of about
MOO acres; that the quality was very /
Scr and the losses fFightful;n that
iAs reduction has been equal to about !
Svsa thousand acres; and that, Il /
yrjces 70 low this year, there viii be 4 /
rho.esale destruction Of yards. Mean /
rhas New York growers are holding
% "by their teeth, ready 10 let 20 4
sse business In large numbers II a like /
disaster IS that of last year oyertakes
them, As it's. they viii grow no more /
thnn bali crop AZ best, or, in round 1
nambers, 20 more than a hundred 1
thcusand bales, and possibly much /
ie,s.
tod Fred 70 continue the eui;iya-
Ion Of the hops, whether there were
any weeds IN sight or not. Frequent
string the ground viii make strong
vigorous growth Of the vine aad ntI- /
msTous ramiheation Of the arms. 10 be /
followed by heavy crop. In England /
hops are cultivated until harvest lime.
Here 20 cannot do il in Consequence
a the long arms reaching across. ney-
srtoele3s | would say, pillow ss long as
y5aean get through them with n horse.
then run the ciod masher over the /
ground 10 smooth il down. This last
3 good for the crop, besides paving
vel 70 have the ground smooth in /
4 picking tir1e
Ssh ! could gain the attention of /
every landholder Ia White River val. 4
ley, from Kent down TO the junction
silh Black River There Is a tact of /
from twelve 10 fifteen thousand acres
o. land that Is not worth today and
/ sill not pay interest upon five hundred 4
thousand dollars. do not forget that
/ within these boundaries Is Teely's 1
best farm on White River - said 10
ce worth one-tenlh OF the sum named
o. AcDougsls, who recently paid over
twenty thousand dellara for less than
shrse hundred aeves. and great mum /
p m y ethsF farms In this heart OF
h paVer, as Vauntingly claimed.
4 s4ueh Of this land Is 10 wet that il Is i
utterly useless for any purpose. either
cleared or unclearcd and not foot of /
the whole tract but Is in need OF drain.
aRe | have no doubt Ia the world
nat $ proper system Of drainage OF 4
sna county vas adopted, and five dol.
lArs per acre was expended upon Il. the
Nieshie and productive value Of this (
,tnd Houid De more than doubled
"a ne FAue OF 0ne seasons crop, or
atHef me increased profit upon one
saen crop would more than pay
tsstfpendltnre made In other ynrds /
me expenditure OF fifty or sixty thou.
saad dollars would be returned in one
year, and capital OF half a million /
dollars substantial wealth besides.
i IS not for the lack Of financial /
Aeuity that this work Is not undertak. +
sh iof, a. The old adage goes. where 4
here = q will there l. way" Ii Is
because the people within the boanda-
nei described are not yet alive 70 the
Importance Of deep drainage. aside
tom that VI surface drainage ANY
system that would tolerate the idea os
allowing water 10 remain any nearer
ne surface than four feet would be
lauity. Men otherwise intelligent, en-
iefprising and progressive, seem ret 70
as to grasp the idea Of drainage: that
e drain land properly the water must
aot De allowed 70 run Off the surfsce,
eai must percolate the soil and enter
NE drains from below. LAngston
seemed surprised when told him 4
expected TO go a mile of the place 10
~ AZ outlet for proper depth drain
ssc, he thought the farm didn I need
much draining
When, twelve years ago, We PAT our
Dig ditch in at Puyallup. some peo-
we callei Il our folly because il Was SO
i4Tge Il WAS eight feet wide aud about
teer feet deep. l will venture 20 say
aot one Of the seven who Joined Ia that
uhdsrtaking, who Is vet alive, but l.
eady 10 brand Il as our folly because
vas too small. We have lived 90 see
nun bank full time and time again
Nd Tor months together the surface Of
ne Rater was not two feet below the
s ,,.ice OF the land. Passing across
waite River valley. q few months ago.
As ditch that bad heard about /
ioaFfeet wide, three feet desp, crooked.
W. q Watcr-hsnk Iull-and vet the
pcople called that draining the coun-
w, Might as well stand upon the
sAnk q White River, dipping out wa
~ win bucket in times OF freshet
h the hope 20 prevent inpndation.
- 70 expect % drain the country "
WITH such a ditch.
NoE al this has local application.
- true, but Il has a wider one than
SIMPLY that Of White River. What is
sae o. this settlement Is true OF nearly
werF settlement In every valley In
western Washington and the foothills
+, ,ae Nestern slope OF the mountains.
es principle IN which the Interest
every farmer Is financially ron.
- IN seeing applied to every foot
as land This whole country must
y., s,A,ne "a g get ANYTHING like the full